iOS & Android Development

Die Marktforscher von IDC haben eine Prognose für die Entwicklung von Smartphones bis zum Jahr 2015 vorgelegt. Demnach sollen in vier Jahren Android- und Windows-Betriebssysteme fast zwei Drittel des Marktes beherrschen. Golem

As a tester, whenever you synchronize your iPhone or iPod Touch, all the crash logs are transferred to your computer. As a developer, you can use the Xcode Organizer to obtain crash logs for any device that you have enabled as a development device. If crash log is emailed to drag the file into organizer. Organizer will automatically symbolicate all crash reports that it encounters, but in order to do so it must have the .dSYM and application binary that produced the crash report. Adriel Blog

Flip4Mac WMV Components allow you to import, export and play Windows Media video and audio files on your Mac. Flip4Mac WMV export components can be used with QuickTime Pro, Final Cut Pro, Compressor, and iMovie 06 (iMovie '08 and '09 not supported). Flip4Mac

Apple-specific meta tags are described here: Safari HTML Reference

First add the font to your build target, then add it to the plist in the fonts list. Then you can use this code to dump all font family names: - (void)dumpFonts {  for(NSString *fontName in [UIFont familyNames]) {    NSLog(@"fontName => %@",fontName);    for(NSString *familyMemberName in [UIFont fontNamesForFamilyName:fontName]) {      NSLog(@"- familyMemberName => %@",familyMemberName);    }  } }

Touching and Gesturing on the iPhone

It might have taken parental outrage and threats of a Federal Trade Commission investigation, but Apple has changed its policy on in-app purchases: In iOS 4.3, all in-app purchases now require users to enter their Apple ID passwords. appolicious